{
  "meta": {
    "key": "mobile_data",
    "title": "Global Mobile Data Traffic",
    "unit": "EB/month",
    "category": "Connectivity",
    "source": "Ericsson Mobility Report (June 2026)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.ericsson.com/en/reports-and-papers/mobility-report/mobility-visualizer",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/mobile_data",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/mobile_data.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/mobile_data.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to Ericsson Mobility Report (June 2026). This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Global Mobile Data Traffic\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/mobile_data, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: Ericsson Mobility Report (June 2026)."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 1.4
    },
    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 2.5
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 4.3
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 7.2
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 11
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 22,
      "label": "India/Jio surge: traffic doubles in one year"
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 33
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 48
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 69
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 88
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 106
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 123
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 146,
      "label": "146 EB/month (203 incl. fixed wireless)"
    }
  ]
}
